Kalbeliya Dance
6th July, 2021
Context
- Recently, due to Covid-19-Pandemic an app called chendavia is gaining popularity among the students of kalbeliya dance.
About
- Kabeliya is a tribe from Rajasthan, India, there is also a dance of the same name.
- Their traditional occupation is catching snakes and trading snake venom. Hence, the dance movements and the costumes of their community bear a resemblance to that of the serpents
- The dance is an integral part of their culture and performed by men and women.
- Kalbelia dance and songs are now in UNESCO's representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity from the year 2010.
- Kalbelia dance is one of the most sensuous dance among all Rajasthani dances.
List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
- UNESCO established it’s Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage with the aim of ensuring better protection of important intangible cultural heritages worldwide and the awareness of their significance.
- /*The list was established in 2008 when the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage took effect.
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